In the story Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, the author demonstrates various amounts of wordplay. Examples of wordplay are alliteration, assonance, diction, lexicon, personification, puns, syntax, and many more. Many writers use wordplay to make their writing come to life and to make it humorous. Writers also use it to spice up a story to make it more exciting than the real thing.
Lewis Carroll demonstrates various examples of wordplay in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass, he uses them in a nonsensical way for example1 when Carroll writes, "`Your hair wants cutting,' said the Hatter." This is an example of personification as your hair does not have needs so Lewis Carroll used this example to demonstrate personification in the story. example2 (under alliteration first one) "such as mouse-traps, and the moon, and memory, and muchness" he uses a form of alliteration. As their are many writers out there that use wordplay to make a story come to life, one of my favorites would have to be Dr.Suess. Dr. Suess uses wordplay in his childrens books to keep the kids wanting more, to keep them alert on what they are reading. He uses it to keep the children entertained and to make it not so dull.
If we had to choose one of the most commonly used wordplay in today's society i would have to say satire because it makes fun of the society we live in today. The most used type of wordplay more artists are using in music today would be repetition, it keeps the music and beat alive. Their are plenty more reasons as to why authors use wordplay but i think the most important one is to keep people reading. With out wordplay in some books people would put it down within seconds. The authors want your attention while reading and i think that is why they play on words in their writing and their stories.
Lewis Carroll demonstrates various examples of wordplay in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass, he uses them in a nonsensical way for example1 when Carroll writes, "`Your hair wants cutting,' said the Hatter." This is an example of personification as your hair does not have needs so Lewis Carroll used this example to demonstrate personification in the story. example2 (under alliteration first one) "such as mouse-traps, and the moon, and memory, and muchness" he uses a form of alliteration. As their are many writers out there that use wordplay to make a story come to life, one of my favorites would have to be Dr.Suess. Dr. Suess uses wordplay in his childrens books to keep the kids wanting more, to keep them alert on what they are reading. He uses it to keep the children entertained and to make it not so dull.
If we had to choose one of the most commonly used wordplay in today's society i would have to say satire because it makes fun of the society we live in today. The most used type of wordplay more artists are using in music today would be repetition, it keeps the music and beat alive. Their are plenty more reasons as to why authors use wordplay but i think the most important one is to keep people reading. With out wordplay in some books people would put it down within seconds. The authors want your attention while reading and i think that is why they play on words in their writing and their stories.